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Jan 4, 2021
How can biogas purification contribute to climate protection?
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Jan 4, 2021
Major funding has been secured for the Humber Cluster Plan – a decarbonisation plan for the UK’s Humber region.
A total of £1.7 million (€1.89 million) in government funding has been secured for the plan, which will show how the Humber cluster can achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, potentially making it the first in the world to do so.
The joint bid... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 4, 2021
European softwood lumber production has steadily increased over the past five years, according to Wood Resources International (WRI).
Consequently, additional volumes of sawmill by-products, including wood chips, shavings, and sawdust, have become available to other sectors of the forest industry. The added wood fibre supply has mainly benefitted pulp mills, manufacturers... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 4, 2021
TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has inaugurated its first 5 kW biogas plant in Bihar, India.
TPRMG constructed the plant in association with Grassroots Energy and commenced operations on National Energy Conservation Day on 14 December 2020.
The facility utilises cow manure procured from nearby villages, which is then processed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 4, 2021
Lightweight railcars powered by biomethane derived from human, farm, and food waste could be introduced in the UK.
Ultra Light Rail Partners has received a £60,000 (€66,700) Innovate UK grant to develop a feasibility study and design for a 120-passenger biomethane-powered lightweight railcar for introduction in the West Midlands. The design will focus on COVID-19... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 23, 2020
Bright Biomethane has finalised a biomethane project in the Netherlands, transforming faeces and sewage sludge into biogas.
The project at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Sleeuwijk sees waste from people in the region of Altena in the province of North-Brabant processed into biomethane.
Bright Biomethane supplied the biogas upgrading system for the project.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 23, 2020
Austrian bank Kommunalkredit is refinancing Green Genius's biogas plants in Lithuania.
Together with its debt fund, Fidelio, the bank provided a €23 million senior team loan to refinance the existing debt of the 11 Green Genius biogas plants in Lithuania.
Green Genius’ biogas plants have a total capacity of 10.8 MW. The portfolio includes one of the fist biodegradable... [Read More]
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Dec 23, 2020
Bioenergy now represents a sixth of UK renewable electricity generation capacity, according to UK Government statistics released on 22 December.
Bioenergy has an 11.5% share of generation in 2019 following the first full year since Lynemouth converted its 420 MW coal unit to biomass in 2018. Since the conversion of four Drax coal units to biomass, the majority of biomass... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 22, 2020
Enviva and blockchain firm GoChain have announced the results of a pilot programme to enhance the traceability of sustainable biomass.
The pilot programme identified a select group of suppliers from Enviva’s wood sourcing regions in the US Southeast to monitor various data elements such as forest tract locations, load weights, fibre commodity types, and forest types.
Leveraging... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 22, 2020
Clean Energy Fuels will develop, own, and operate renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities at dairies and other agricultural facilities for BP Products North America, a subsidiary of bp.
Bp will provide $50 million (€40.9 million) for the development and construction of the facilities.
Carbon emissions captured from dairies and turned into a transport fuel reduce... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 22, 2020
Renewable natural gas (RNG) capacity and production across the US is rapidly expanding, according to a new study.
Sustainable energy firm Energy Vision released its most recent joint assessment of the US RNG industry, performed on behalf of the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.
The study found the total number of RNG production facilities in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 22, 2020
UK supermarket giant ASDA has contracted Air Liquide to install and operate six biomethane (bio-NGV) distribution stations to refuel trucks on its sites.
ASDA will commission more than 300 new bio-NGV trucks in 2021 to reduce the environmental footprint of its transport activities. The six new stations will refuel both ASDA trucks and those of some partners.
Due... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 21, 2020
More than 4,400 homes in Southern Adelaide, Australia, will soon be powered by a new renewable energy hub that utilises biogas and solar power.
The hub includes the state’s first solar farm built on landfill that is sealed to prevent harmful emissions leaking into the atmosphere. The 1,780 solar panels at the Southern Region Waste Resource Authority’s (SRWRA) Seaford... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 21, 2020
SoCalGas has praised the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for including the use of RNG in the latest beta version of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system.
LEED, a certification programme created by USGBC, provides a framework for healthy, highly-efficient, and cost-saving green building.
With the new system, a project... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 21, 2020
McCarthy Building Companies has completed a $170 million (€140 million) Phase III expansion project at a water reclamation facility in Arizona.
The project at Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant represents a 14 million gallon per day (MGD) expansion of liquids and solids treatment that allows the facility to treat up to 30 MGD of liquids and 38 MGD of solids on an... [Read More]
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Indonesian gas distributor PT Pertamina Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) has signed an agreement with NeutraDC Singapore (NDSG) to provide biomethane for forthcoming data centre projects in Singapore
Once cleared, the site will be redeveloped into an Energy, Biochar and Carbon (EBAC) plant – a pyrolysis facility designed to convert plant matter into biochar, renewable electricity and heat
Swedish tanker owner Furetank has announced it will run its European fleet on renewable biogas throughout 2025, marking a major step towards fossil-free shipping
